Bright Idea
Date: February 19, 2006 | Category: Green Building, Home Furnishings
Illuminate your home and lower your energy bills with the flick of a switch. Replacing your incandescent bulbs (when they burn out) with either compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) or LED lights is the easiest and least expensive home improvement with the quickest return on investment. ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs use 66% less energy than a standard incandescent bulb and last up to 10 times longer. GE’s full line and Philips Marathon are among the best of the CFLs. LEDs can last up to thirty years without giving you the blues - next generation LEDs come in a wide variety of colors and values and have finally even been tweaked to mimic the soft white glow we are used to. I like EnbrytenLED by Permlight, www.permlight.com. Also see www.superbrightleds.com to see how many hues you can achieve.
Buy CFLs at any local hardware, grocery or home store or go to www.bulbs.com or www.dyna-brite.com. Find Permlight LEDs at Green Fusion.
Interesting comparisons and additional information: http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/homeandwork/homes/inside/lighting/bulbs.html; http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/18/1771693.html; http://www.greenseal.org/resources/reports/CGR=CFLs.pdf
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